Statement of Academic Integrity*

Academic integrity lies at the foundation of the academic process. Academic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to, acts of fraud and deception on an examination or class assignment, acts of forgery or unauthorized alteration of any official academic record or document, and attempts to gain credit for work which one has plagiarized from the work of another person. Plagiarism means taking ideas and writings from another person known or unknown, published or unpublishedand representing them as ones own work. The word-for-word use of another persons work must in every instance be acknowledged by the use of quotation marks or by indentation and single-spacing of the material if at least three lines long, and the citation of author and precise source. Dependence upon another persons work, whether through paraphrase or the utilization of that persons statements as a basis for ones own, must be acknowledged by author and source citation. Academic dishonesty also includes the submission, as ones own work, of another persons work, such as another students term paper or a paper from a term paper preparation service. The submission of ones own paper, or a substantial portion thereof, for academic credit in two or more courses also is considered to be academic dishonesty, except in those rare instances in which the instructors involved are so informed and give prior approval. In some cases when a faculty member believes that a student has not followed the rules for appropriate citation of materials he or she may wish to have the student redo the work or address the problem in another way.

General Guidelines for Papers

1. All papers should be typed and double spaced with 1-inch margins. Font-size should be 12 pt. If you do not know how to format your paper, please get assistance from the computer lab folks. Do not use headings at the top of any page. Instead, use a title page, with the title, your name, the course name and number and section number, the date, and the professors name, centered. An example of a title page is at the end of this document. Basic rules of grammar, punctuation and sentence & paragraph structure must be followed meticulously. Contractions (i.e. cant, dont, shouldnt, etc.) are never appropriate in formal papers. Also, try to avoid clichs and colloquialisms (i.e., ways of speaking that are appropriate in everyday speech, but not in formal, academic writing). For source identification on papers, you may use Chicago Style (Turabians) or the MLA style of in-text citation. Please include a bibliography. Plagiarism is categorically unacceptable and will

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automatically result in a failing grade for the assignment. If you are ever unsure of whether or not you need to provide citation for a though, idea, or quote, be safe rather than sorry and provide documentation. ALL IDEAS THAT DO NOT ORIGINATE IN YOUR HEAD MUST BE CITED, WHETHER THEY ARE IN QUOTES OR NOT. 4. 5. Wherever possible, in papers as well as in class discussions, you must use inclusive language. All papers should be proof-read by someone other than yourself before they are submitted for a grade.
*This document is used with permission from the author. [SAMPLE TITLE PAGE]

Transcending Ideology: The Ideology of Immanence and the Theory of Religion

By Mark W. Flory

But he who today means to offer the transcendence of his being in ultimate seriousness must have subjected it to the ultimate self-examination, just because the ultimate fate of mankind is at stake. -Karl Mannheim

Study of Religions Prof. Carl Raschke November 20, 2000

[EXAMPLES OF BIBLIOGRAPHICAL FORMATTING FOR FOOTNOTES AND BIBLIOGRAPHIES, CHICAGO STYLE] FOOTNOTE FORMATTING BOOKS: Raoul Mortley, From Word to Silence II: The Way of Negation, Christian and Greek (Bonn: Peter Hanstein Verlag, GmbH, 1986), 18. IF THE VERY NEXT NOTE CITES THE SAME TEXT, YOU MAY USE:
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IF A LATER NOTE CITES THE SAME TEXT, YOU MAY USE:

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Mortley, From Word to Silence II, 175-6.

JOURNAL ARTICLES: Daniel So, Mystical Union and Deconstruction: a Critique of John Caputos Analysis, Philosophy and Theology 15:1 (2003): 12. CHAPTER IN BOOK: Henry Ruf, The Origin of the Debate over Ontotheology and Deconstruction in the Texts of Wittgenstein and Derrida, in Religion, Ontotheology, and Deconstruction, ed. Henry Ruf (New York, NY: Paragon House, 1989), 34-8. BIBLIOGRAPHY FORMATTING BOOKS:

Balthasar, Hans Urs von. Cosmic Liturgy: The Universe According to Maximus the Confessor. Trans. Brian E. Daley, S.J. San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2003.

________. Mysterium Paschale. Trans. Aidan Nichols, O. P. Edinburgh: T & T Clark, 1990. ________. Origen: Spirit and Fire: A Thematic Anthology of His Writings. Tans. Robert J. Daly, S. J. Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press, 1984. Behr-Sigel, Elisabeth. The Place of the Heart: An Introduction to Orthodox Spirituality. Trans. Fr. Stephen Bigham. Torrance: CA: Oakwood Publications, 1992. Berry, Philippa and Andrew Wernick, eds. Shadow of Spirit: Postmodernism and Religion. London: Routledge, 1992. Blond, Phillip, ed. Post-Secular Philosophy: Between Philosophy and Theology. London: Routledge, 1998. JOURNAL ARTICLES AND CHAPTERS IN BOOKS: Caputo, John. Derrida and Marion: Two Husserlian Revolutions. In Religious Experience and the End of Metaphysics. Ed. Jeffrey Bloechl. Bloomington and Indianapolis, IN: Indiana University Press, 2003: 119-34. ________. The Good News About Alterity: Derrida and Theology. Faith and Philosophy 10, 4 (October 1993): 453-70. ________. Richard Kearneys Enthusiasm: A Philosophical Exploration on The God Who May Be. Modern Theology 18 (2002): 87-94. Carlson, Thomas A. The Poverty and Poetry of Indiscretion: Negative Theology and Negative Anthropology in Contemporary and Historical Perspective. Christianity and Literature 47 (1998): 167-93. Carroll, W.J. Participation and Infinity in Dionysius the Areopagite. Patristic and Byzantine Review 2 (1983): 54-64. Casiday, Augustine. St. Augustine on deification: his homily on Psalm 81. Sobornost 23 (2001): 23-44. Cazabonne, Emmanuel, OCSO. Gregory Palamas (1296-1359): Monk, Theologian, and Pastor. Cistercian Studies Quarterly 37, 3 (2002): 303-33.